The Invention of Hugo Cabret Review

The Inventions of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick is a unique book for children 7-12 (or any age).  It tells the story by work as well as picture art.  My son could not put it down!

The story is about a twelve year old orphan boy, Hugo Cabret who lives in a train station.  The train station is what got my son's attention.  He loves Harry Potter and trains so this was a blend of both of them that initially interested him in reading this rather THICK book.  the story is about Hugo the young clock keeper who survives by stealing and hiding.  Eventually it all starts to change with when he meets an interesting girl who owns a tiny toy booth.  I don't want to spoil the story, it is cute and very interesting.  I know my son could not put it down.

NOTE:  the book is thick... my son looked at it with wide eyes and skeptic that he could finish it.  He did finish it in record time. 

Most library's have it... or I know Amazon.com or Barnes and Nobel have it for purchase.